[cycloneslider id=”fuel-cleanup”] (Hover over image to pause slideshow) Although the secondary tank carrying #11 Ultra-Low Sulfer diesel that rolled over in a ditch at mile 306 of the Richardson Highway on Labor Day has been pumped out and the tanker pulled out and removed from the scene, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation did not […]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A Unified Command consisting of representatives from the Coast Guard, Department of the Interior, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, City of Seldovia and the responsible party, formed to respond to a 6,000 gallon diesel fuel discharge into the Gulf of Alaska has completed fuel removal from the damaged tank trailer aboard the […]
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard is monitoring a reported diesel sheen from the grounded 81-foot fishing vessel Savannah Ray off Long Island near Kodiak, Alaska, Friday. Global Diving and Salvage has been hired to salvage the vessel, and Marine Safety Detachement Kodiak personnel will oversee the salvage operations to mitigate potential pollution. Coast Guard Sector […]
A major diesel fuel spill occurred on the Richardson Highway on Tuesday evening, when a tractor trailer overturned spilling over 4400 gallons onto the highway. Alaska State Troopers responded to an Alaskan Petroleum tanker trailer roll-over on the Richardson Highway at 3:30 am on Wednesday to investigate the crash. They found that the tractor was […]